Development of a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) Questionnaire to Understand Veterans' Preferences for Tobacco Treatment in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providers often prescribe counseling and/or medications for tobacco cessation without considering patients' treatment preferences.

Objective

The primary aims of this study are to describe (1) the development of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) questionnaire designed to identify the attributes and levels of tobacco treatment that are most important to veterans; and (2) the decision-making process in choosing between hypothetical tobacco treatments.

Methods

We recruited current smokers who were already scheduled for a primary care appointment within a single Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system. Subjects were asked to rate the importance of selected treatment attributes and were interviewed during two rounds of pilot testing of initial DCE instruments. K

SUBMITTER: Katz DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697115 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature